The team
Im2 runs on contributed time from instructors, clinicians, designers and engineers.
Jerry Cambra
Founder and Board Chair
Dual certified MBSR instructor, trained at UMass and Brown.
- Has taught MBSR to 800+ people since 2016
- Designed the Imagine Mindfulness curriculum, and the Beginnings course that follows it
- Took Im2 through IRS approval as a 501(c)(3) in 2024
- Came to the method after mindfulness practice took his own irregular heartbeat from 30% of the time to under 10%, in 8 weeks
Ted Meissner
Curriculum Lead and Lead Instructor
UMass Center for Mindfulness certified MBSR teacher.
- Has taught mindfulness to 6,000+ people
- Supervises mindfulness teachers internationally, for the Institute for Mindfulness-Based Approaches
- Published in Perspectives on Psychological Science, and a peer reviewer for the journal Mindfulness
- Has taught or presented at Apple, UnitedHealth, Optum, UMass Medical School and the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation
Program and curriculum
Pam Nicholas-Hoff
Curriculum and Instruction
Gabby Diaz
Program Design and Community Support
Jess Battersby
Program Design and Continuing Support
Nina Tang
Program Development
Michael Nelson
Program Design and Continuing Support
Leo Costa
Children and Teen Programs
Cecilia Kinzie
Program Development
Yulin Chen
Instructor and Program Review
Production and technology
Diego Leal Togni
Technology Lead
Patrice Séjalon
Content Production
Tamina Braunewell
Voiceover and Guided Practices
Outreach, funding and access
Dee Cowie
Finance and Development
Sydney Carty
Grants and Outreach
Valentina Mercadante
Marketing and Outreach
Genny Mar
Marketing and Outreach
Jenelle Lien
Accounting
John Torok
Scholarships and Access
Nate Davis
Branding and Marketing
Philippe Séjalon
Marketing and Partnerships
Derry Deringer
Nonprofit Development
Elizabeth Langston
Grants and Development
Board of directors
Gerald (Jerry) Cambra
Chair and founder
Pam Nicholas-Hoff
Vice-Chair
Colleen Cambra
President
Aubrey Perez
Secretary
Tim Kurtz
Treasurer
Dee Cowie
Vicki Durso